Intracystic hemorrhage of pancreatic serous cystadenoma after renal transplantation: Report of a case

Immunosuppressive therapy after transplantation increases the risk of devel oping neoplasms, and neoplasms of the digestive organs are very common in A sia. We experienced a patient with an intracystic hemorrhage of pancreatic serous cystadenoma during the follow-up after renal transplantation. Pancre atic cystadenomas are not frequent. Only two cases, presenting with acute a bdomen, have so far been reported in the literature. The intracystic hemorr hage in our case may have been related to a rapid tumor growth due to weake ned antitumor immunity and azathioprine-induced pancreatitis.